Soul Food (soundtrack)
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''Soul Food'' is the soundtrack to the 1997 film of the same name. It was released on September 16, 1997, through LaFace Records and mainly consisted of R&B music with some hip hop music. The soundtrack was a success, peaking at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 1 on the
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chart and was certified double Multi-Platinum on February 17, 1998. Four singles charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "I Care 'Bout You" , " What About Us?" by
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A Song for Mama "A Song for Mama" is a number-one R&B single by the American R&B group Boyz II Men. The tune, which was written and produced by Babyface, served as the theme song to the 1997 motion picture ''Soul Food'', and spent two weeks at number one on the ...
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, the latter of which was a number 1 R&B single. The soundtrack was also noted for the fictional quintet group Milestone, consisting of K-Ci & JoJo (of Jodeci), Babyface and his brothers,
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and Melvin Edmonds (of
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), who all came together once for their single and cameo appearance in the film.


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See also

* List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1997


References

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